County Deputy Kills Man In Holdup Attempt On Far South Side

December 23, 1996

A Cook County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man who tried to rob him Sunday evening at a Far South Side currency exchange, police said.

The deputy had just cashed a check at a currency exchange at 11055 S. Michigan Ave. and was walking to his car when three men approached him and tried to rob him at 8:30 p.m., according to a report issued by the first deputy superintendent's office.

At least one of the men was armed with a gun, but investigators did not say what kind.

The deputy, whose named was not immediately released, announced that he was a sheriff's deputy and fatally shot one of the men. The other two men fled, according to the report.

Police did not say whether the deputy was on or off duty at the time of the incident.